Today our highlight is definitely JJ Market, one of the largest weekend market in this region i suppose. So the keyword here is weekend which means it actually only open on Saturday and Sunday. However, Friday is suppose their wholesale day and as we understand they actually also will entertain small buyer like us. To go there, the most convenient is by using BTS and alight at Mo Chit station.
The first hiccup i have is i forgot to bring the JJ Market map which i printed out from this website. Without this map means our first task is not to go shopping but to look for their information center for map. First of all, we look for clock tower as we think it should have some information for visitors but turn out is has nothing just few chairs. After that we ask one of the staff at the car park entry booth on where to get the JJ Market map and she also had no idea but she did point us to look for information center which she said near section 19. So we go through section 19 market and lastly we bounce to one stall owner which can really speak some good English and point us to The information center.By the time we arrived at JJ market information center, we already feel very tired. From my description you can see, JJ market is really big and is really not easy to navigate especially without a proper map.
Generally in JJ market, bargaining is the must and typically you should aim for 50% of the offered or listed price. And you should always get few quotes before you settle down to buy the stuff you want since there are so many stalls in the JJ market which sell the same things. Anyway, sometimes you should just get the things you want when you think the price is right, else if not, you might end up getting nothing. We stayed at JJ market for around 6 - 7 hours and we not even finished visiting all the sections we planned to visit. Plus there are many stalls only open on weekend. So one day is definitely not enough for JJ market.
If you fell like you want to shop in the aircond environment which some price premium, you might want to go visit JJ Mall nearby which also offer some items at great price but generally it will be a bit more expensive. We go JJ Mall after JJ market and have our really late lunch there. We shop until JJ Mall close shop (around 8pm) and finally make our way back to our hotel. Is really tiring and we really have no energy more to go to Pratunam night market anymore. We tidy up our purchase and do the calculation on how much we spend today.
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